New Patient Registration

To register at the practice as a patient you must first complete a registration form and sign your signature at reception. You can print off a registration form below, along with a New Patient Questionnaire for your correct age group and take these into the practice. Each person over the age of 16 years old must bring in thier own registration form, signed by them and new patient questionnaire with two forms of identification, (preferably one photographic and one proof of address)

Ethnicity

Ethnicity: This is your cultural background, please do not put your Nationality, i.e. your Place of birth. You will notice on the Health Questionnaire that we ask for your Ethnicity, this is for the following reasons.

We are ask for your ethnicity because all ethnicities have tendencies towards certain illnesses and conditions - from CHD to diabetes, sickle cell anaemia, mental health disorders, cancer and more.

By recording ethnicity the NHS hopes to understand who is using our services, and if all people are getting the same benefits from NHS care - such as screening and health promotion, to help identify the needs of different ethnic communities and to ensurethat appropriate services are provide and to comply with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, which makes it compulsory to promote race equality in the NHS. The Act demands that people from different ethnic groups should enjoy equal access to health services.

Non-English Speakers

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.